Emergency car-coupling.



No. 745,093. PATENTED NOV. 24, 1903. B. B. OARLISLE & J. R. ELDER.

EMERGENCY UAR COUPLING.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 16, 1903.

no MODEL.

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llrrnn STATES Patented November 24, 1903.

ATENT FHCE BRYANT B. OARLISLE AND JOHN R. ELDER, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNORS OF ONE-THIRD TO L. D. HAGERTY, OF COLUMBUS,

OHIO.

EMERGENCY CAR-COUPLING.

.sPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 745,093, dated November 24, 1903.

Application filed July 16, 1908. Serial No. 165,808. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

lle it known that we, BRYANT B. OARLIsLE and JOHN R. ELDER, citizens of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Emergency OarOouplers, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to car-couplers and is designed to provide what may be termed an emcrgency-coup1e1" for use where one or more draw-bars or coupler-heads have been broken and also in instances where the drafttimbers have been pulled out. It is furthermore designed to arrange for connecting the device to the base of the king-bolt of the car or to the bolster thereof or to some structural part of the carframe.

Another object of the invention is to provide for conveniently connecting the present form of coupler to any of the forms of couplers now in common use and also to adapt the present device for coupling two cars wherein both couplers have been rendered useless.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularlypointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is aside elevation of a pair of connected couplers embodying the features of the present invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of one of the couplers. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the hinged connection between the rear terminal clamp member and the intermediate adjusting member of the coupler.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in each and every figure of the drawings. 7

The present form of coupler embodies a pair of longitudinal alined draw-bar members 1 and 2, the adjacent end portions of which are screw-threaded and also adjustably connected by means of a turnbuckle 3. The forward end of the front draw-bar member 1 is laterally enlarged and provided with a central opening to form a knuckle or eye Swivelcd upon the rear end of the rear draw-bar mem her 2 is a yoke 5.

In rear of the draw-bar members there is a clamp member embodying reversely-arranged substantially U shaped sections 6 and 7, which are disposed transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the coupler and have their end portions overlapped. The overlapped front sides of the clamp-sections are provided with corresponding forwardlydirected shank portions 8 and 9, respectively, which terminate at their outer ends in en larged circular heads 10, pierced by corresponding central openings to form knuckles, which lie within the arms of the yoke 5, to which they are pivotally connected by means of a pin 12, which passes through the openin gs of the knuckles and also pierces the arms of the swiveled yoke. A suitable key 13 pierces the shank portions 8 and 9 to prevent lateral separation thereof.

As best indicated in Fig. 4: of the drawings, it will be noted that the overlapped rear sides of the clamp-sections 6 and 7 are provided with a pair of tongue-and-groove connections 14, extending transversely of said sides, with a key 15 piercing said sides and located between the two tongues. By this arrangement the clampsections are effectually held against accidental separation, while at the same time they may be readily assembled and disconnected whenever desired without the removal of complicated fastening devices.

By reason of the hinged connection afforded by the pin 12 the draw-bar members and the turnbuckle may be swung laterally in opposite directions in a substantially horizontal plane upon said pin, so as to accommodate for curves in the road-bed, and by reason of the swiveled connection between the yoke 5 and the rear draw-bar member 2 the clamp member may be turned to assume a horizontal position, a vertical position, or any intermediate position for convenience in engaging the clamp with a car.

In using the coupler in connection with YCO any ordinary coupler the clamp-sections 6 and 7 are separated upon the pin 12 as a center and then brought together to embrace the ordinary square base of the king-bolt of the car from which the ordinary coupler has been removed, or the clamp may be embraced upon the car-bolster or some other structural element of the car-frame. XV hen the clamp embraces the king-bolt, it of course assumes a horizontal position, but when it embraces a car-bolster it will stand in a substantially upright position. After the clamp member has been connected to the car the eye or knuckle 4: is inserted to take the place of the pivotal knuckle which has been removed from the adjacent coupler of the other car, the usual knuckle-pin being returned to its normal position and passed through the knuckle 4. It will now be understood that the purpose of the turnbuckle 3 is to vary the length of the composite draw-bar, so as to project the knuckle 4 in advance of the front of the car to the proper distance required for effective engagement with an adjacent coupler.

When both couplers of adjacent cars have been damaged and removed, one of the present form of couplers is applied to each car and, as shown in Fig. 1, the knuckles 4 are connected by means of a U-shaped or yokeshaped clip 16, the arms of which are passed through the openings in the knuckles and are held against displacement by means of nuts 17, applied to the terminals of the arms. A suitable washer-plate 18, having openings for the reception of the arms of the clip, is interposed between the nuts and the under sides of the knuckles. It will of course be understood that the arms of the clip fit sufliciently loose within the knuckles to permit of the draw-bars turning upon said arms as centers, so as prevent binding of the bars at their point of coupling.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the character described embodying a draw-bar to one end of which is loosely connected a clamp to embrace some element of a car-body, the opposite end of the bar being formed for connection with an ordinary car-coupler.

2. A device of the character described embodying a draw-bar provided at one end with a clamp having a loose connection therewith.

3. A device of the character described, embodyin g a draw-bar, and a clamp m emberhaving a swiveled connection upon a substantially horizontal axis with one end of the bar.

4. A device of the character described em-v bodying a draw-bar, a clamp member, and a connection between one end of the bar and the clamp member, said connection including a swivel and a pivot with their axes at substantially right angles to one another.

. 5. A device of the character described embodying a draw-bar, a swivel upon one end of the bar, a clamp, and a pivotal or hinged connection between the clamp and the swivel.

6. A device of the character described embodying a draw-bar, a yoke swiveled to one end of the bar, and a clamp having a portion received within and'pivoted to'the yoke.

7. A device of the character described embodying a draw-bar, and a clamp made up of sections having a mutual pivotal connection with the drawbar.

8. A device of the character described embodying a draw-bar, and a clamp formed of sections having a common pivotal connection with the draw-bar and upon which pivotal connection the clamp-sections are capable of being separated and closed as a center.

9. A device of the character described embodying a draw-bar, and a clamp pivotally connected thereto and made up of reverselyarranged substantially U shaped sections disposed transversely of the bar and detachably connected.

10. A device of the character described embodying a draw-bar, reversely-arranged substantially U- shaped clamp -sections con-- nected to the draw-bar and disposed trans versely thereof with their inner end portions overlapped, and a tongue-and-groove detachable connection between the overlapped portions of the sections.

11. A device of the character described embodying a draw-bar, reversely-arranged substantially U-shaped clamp members connected to the bar and disposed transversely thereof with theirinner end portions overlapped, and removable keys piercing the overlapped portions of the sections.

12. Adevice of the character described embodying a draw-bar, reversely-arranged substantially U shaped clamp sections connected to the bar and disposed transversely thereof with their inner end portions overlapped and provided with tongue-and-groove connections, and removable keys piercing the overlapped portions of the sections.

13. A device of the character described embodying a draw-bar, a yoke carried by one end of the draw-bar, reversely-arranged and overlapped substantially U shaped clampsections disposed transversely across the yoke and provided with corresponding shank portions having a mutual pivotal connection within theyoke.

let. A device of the character described embodying a draw-bar, and a pair of reverselyarranged substantially U-shaped clamp-sections disposed transversely across one end of the bar and provided with corresponding shank members pivotally connected to the bar.

15. A device of the character described embodying a draw-bar, a yoke swiveled upon one end of the bar, and a pair of reverselyarranged substantially U-shaped clamp-sections disposed transversely across the yoke and provided with corresponding shank porti ons pivotally connected to the yoke.

16. A device of the character described embodying a draw-bar made up of front and rear members, means adj ustably connecting the members, a knuckle at the outer end of one of the members, and a clamp having a loose connection with the other draw-bar member.

17. A device of the character described embodying front and rear draw-bar members, the front draw-bar member having a knuckle at its forward end, a turnbuckle adjustably connecting the bar members, a yoke swiveled to the rear end of the rear bar member, a pair of overlapped reversely-arranged substantially U -shaped clamp-sections disposed transversely in rear of the yoke and provided with corresponding shank portions pivotally connected to the yoke, and means detachably connecting the overlapped portions of the clamp-sections.

18. The combination of a pair of couplers having knuckles provided with openings, a substantially U-shaped member having its opposite ends passed through the openings of the respective knuckles, and independent means carried by the respective ends of the U-shaped member to prevent accidental displacement thereof.

19. The combination of a pair of draw-bars having knuckles provided With openings, at substantially Ushaped member having its opposite arms passed through the openings of the respective knuckles, and nuts removably fitted to the ends of the arms to prevent displacement of the said member.

20. The combination with opposite drawbars having knuckles provided with openings, of a substantially U-shaped member having its arms projected through the openings of the respective knuckles, a plate havin g openings receiving the projected end portions of the arms, and nuts removably fitted to the arms to hold the plate and the U -shaped member in place.

BRYANT B. CARLISLE JOHN R. ELDER.

In presence of- O. O. SHEPHERD, A. L. PHELPS. 

